Month: October 2013

The Anatomy of a Capitulation

Robert Costa has his fingers on the pulse of the House Republicans. His twitter feed is a good place to look for the latest thinking on the Republican side of the aisle. What we can see is that the leadership is now exercising...

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A Big Tall Glass of Schadenfreude

Oh boy: Key GOP figures on Wednesday sent their clearest signals that they are abandoning their bid to immediately stop the federal health-care law — the issue that forced the government to shut down — and are scrambling for a...

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The Final Act

We’ve reached the stage of the game where senior House Republican sources will admit that they are terrified of breaching the debt ceiling and that they need Democratic votes to avoid it. They are still badly in denial...

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Sticky Fingers

The nice lady accountant for the Rialto USD failed to deposit all the cash collected from students for school lunches.  For years.  As reported by the LA Times:   Judith Oakes, 48, was charged with multiple felony...

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